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Banjo virtuoso Bela Fleck is widely respected as one of the most innovative musicians of his time.

Not surprisingly, he’s been nominated for Grammy Awards in more categories — ranging from pop to jazz, bluegrass, folk and country — than any other musician.

Last year, Fleck took on the challenge of writing a classical-influenced piece for banjo and string quartet.

Fleck will perform that work, “Night Flight Over Water,” and other pieces with the iconoclastic string quartet Brooklyn Rider at Clemson’s Brooks Center on Tuesday.

The concert is being presented as a part of Clemson’s admission-free Utsey Chamber Music Series.

“Night Flight Over Water” centers on the idea of an escape.

“I imagined someone escaping from a castle into a fast-running stream and trying to get away before he’s caught,” Fleck said, speaking on the phone from his home in Nashville.

“Night Flight” is closely related to another work Fleck wrote for the Nashville Symphony — a concerto for banjo and orchestra he called “The Imposter.”

“Everyone knows the feeling of being the outsider,” Fleck said. “Working in so many different kinds of music beyond my native genre, I often do feel like an imposter, as though if anyone ever figured out the truth, I’d be ejected immediately.”

“Night Flight” centers on the idea of “the imposter” being discovered and pursued.

Fleck, 55, said the piece features contemporary classical harmony with hints of other influences such as jazz and bluegrass.

The concert will feature several other pieces, including some new arrangements of Fleck’s older music.

Fleck, originally from New York City, is best known for his work with the bands New Grass Revival and Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. He’s won 14 Grammys over the past 20 years.

For “Night Flight,” Fleck partnered with Brooklyn Rider because of the young group’s stylistic eclecticism.

“These guys are really good at new music, and they have a youthful sensibility that really makes sense for a piece that has many influences from outside of classical music,” Fleck said. “They just world-class, with open minds.”

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